title: An update on tobacco control initiatives in comprehensive cancer control plans.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Comprehensive cancer control (CCC) coalitions address tobacco use, the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, through formal plans to guide tobacco control activities and other cancer prevention strategies. Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs (Best Practices) and The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) are used to assist with this effort. We examined CCC plans to determine the extent to which they followed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) tobacco control and funding recommendations.
  
  
  METHODS
  We obtained 69 CCC plans, current as of August 1, 2011, to determine which CDC recommendations from Best Practices and The Community Guide were incorporated. Data were abstracted through a content review and key word search and then summarized across the plans with dichotomous indicators. Additionally, we analyzed plans for inclusion of tobacco control funding goals and strategies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  CCC plans incorporated a mean 4.5 (standard deviation [SD], 2.1) of 5 recommendations from Best Practices and 5.2 (SD, 0.9) of 10 recommendations from The Community Guide. Two-thirds of plans (66.7%) addressed funding for tobacco control as a strategy or action item; 47.8% of those plans (31.9% of total) defined a specific, measurable funding goal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although most CCC plans follow CDC-recommended tobacco control recommendations and funding levels, not all recommendations are addressed by every plan and certain recommendations are addressed in varying numbers of plans. Clearer prioritization of tobacco control recommendations by CDC may improve the extent to which they are followed and therefore maximize their public health benefit.
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Sherri L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Nikki S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: Jerelyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: J Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Underwood
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D006078:Government Programs; D017408:Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012907:Smoking / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States